Structural exhibition device



Oct. 21, 1941. w. D. coLLlNs 2,259,435

STRUCTURAL EXHIBITION DEVICE Filed DSC. 7, 1959 Patented Oct. 21, 1941UNlTED STATS PATENT FFICE STRUCTURAL EXHIBITION DEVICE William D.Collins, Chicago, Ill.

Application December 7, 1939, Serial No. 308,047

6 Claims.

My invention relates to a simple improvement or device used to determinehow the wall of a building would appear if made of a certain shade ofbrick and a certain color mortar joint used to hold the bricks together.

The main object of the invention is to provide a device for determining,before a wall is set up or built, how that wall will actually appear, itbeing composed of a certain number of bricks or other units which use incombination therewith a cementing composition such as mortar or othersuitable substance.

A further object of the invention is to provide a series of transparentcards having secured thereto in unit outline formation the cementingcomposition so as to demarcate in miniature a structure composed of anumber of units.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical devicefor the purposes and objects heretofore enumerated which is also simple,practical and economical to manufacture in quantity production.

In order that the above objects may be attained, reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawing and the ensuing description wherein;

Fig. 1 represents a top view of my invention superimposed upon astandard building brick.

Fig. 2 is a front View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top view of another form of my invention superimposed upon abrick.

Fig. 4 is a front view of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawing, wherein like numerals are used to designatelike parts, in Figure 1 is shown one form of my invention, which iscomprised of a transparent material, preferably Celluloid or Cellophaneof suitable thickness, or it may be glass or any other suitablematerial.

The member 1 is made up to the approximate dimensions indicated in theView of Figures 1 and 2, where 5 designates a standard brick, myinvention generally designated 6, and as indicated at 7 it is somewhatshorter than the length of a standard brick 5.

On the front face of my invention, a small portion of the same 8 isreserved for advertising material indicated by 8.

The portion conned within the space designated I8, is divided 01T into abrick diagram or formation as indicated by the numerals 9, I0, l2, andI3 showing the usual staggered pattern formation of brick structure.Altho this is the most common arrangement indicated, yet any otherdesigns used in the brick laying industry may be shown or indicated inthe pattern formation on the member 6 comprising my invention such as asoldier course, arch formation, or any other standard structural design.

The demarcations Il are provided in order to bring out the brick patternstructure in the manner indicated, and may be printed on the surface ofthe` transparent material indicated in Figures 1 and 2; or the actualmortar or cement may be positioned on the surface, or cemented, orvulcanized thereto, or by using a heating process the mortar may besecured to the transparent member 6 to bring out the harmoniousrelationship between the different colors of mortar `and the differentcolors of bricks.

It is a known fact that in the brick industry, bricks are made ofdifferent colors, red, brown, or black or clinker brick, etc., whereasthe mortar is also` made in a variety of colors such as white, grey,brown, red, black, etc.

Now, with the use of my invention, the true appearance of a brick wallmay be obtained by super-imposing my invention on the surface of onestandard brick. Heretofore this has been done in various cumbersomeways; a salesman would have considerable diiiiculty in convincing aprospect by showing him certain color bricks or a certain mortar color,how a wall would look when completed. y l

In some instances after a sale was made and after a building wasactually erected, the appearance was totally different than what thepurchasing prospect had expected to see.

In some instances brick frame works have been devised wherein a sectionof a wall is actually constructed and mounted, but this methodnecessitated the building of many wall sections due to the manycombinations of colors of bricks and colors of mortar available.

Up to the present, as far as I know, the prospect had to use hisimagination in order to assimilate the colors of brick and mortar tovisualize the finished result.

In many instances the prospect is brought to the sales agency, where heis given an opportunity to inspect a section of a wall made up of acertain color brick and a certain color mortar, kof course as manysections of wall have to be shown as there are color combinations ofboth mortar and brick. The prospect views each section thru a redu-cingglass, `thus getting the general eifect of the harmony and color schemecombination.

My method of presenting the prospect with a miniature display permitsthe prospect to view the finished wall from close range, which cannot bedone when Va wall section display is used without the vuse of ,areducing glass. My yinvention see if he looked at the actual wall at adistance. Hence, my invention permits a salesman to demonstrate to aprospect the actual appearance of a wall section as it would ultimatelyappear in the building structure when completed.

With my invention on the other hand, a salesman may carry along aconvenient kit, one of each of the different colors of brick and aseries of templates with the various colored mortar joints the colorsindicated thereon in a manner heretofore explained, thus the prospectmay arrive at his own determination as to the color scheme he woulddesire in the wall structure of the house that he may be building, andhave no difficulty in visualizing the color harmony of a proposedcombination of brick and mortar.

Another form of my invention is illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 where thearrangement is substantially made of a material the same color as themortar to be used indicated by the numeral 6' my invention designated bythe numeral II, which material is opaque material, and is made up in thesame and various colors as there are mortar joint colors available tothe customer or purchaser.

The invention is confined to a slightly smaller portion than the brickproper designated 5, and my template or mat is provided with a spacereserved for advertising 8' whereas the balance or remainder includedwithin the portion or lines of demarcation I9 is spaced off into brickformation as indicated by I4, I5, and I6.

This provides an arrangement whereby the cutout formation I4, I5, and Iwhich may be any design used at the present time in standardconstruction in the brick industry, and by super-imposing the same on astandard brick will permit the natural brick color to be seen thru theopenings I4, I5, and I6, at the same time showing the mortar combinationby virtue of the sections 20 which are the same color as the originalmaterial, and Which represent a color of available mortar material.

Another feature of my invention is the fact that I have made it of asmaller size than the standard brick giving the customer the opportunityto see the formation of a brick wall with a particular mortarcombination, and at the same time get the impression of the brick 5which is not covered by my invention when making the demonstrationor'color scheme selection.

My invention may be used for demonstrating in advance of actualconstruction, roong, inner walls, outer walls, tile, brick, stone andother similar structures. In other words I provide a simple means ofcomparison and demonstration of the color harmony and appearance of a1inished structure by the use of my invention and a single unitcomprising the structure.

My invention may be made up to be distributed gratis, and would be quiteuseful as an advertising medium, in that architects, builders,prospective home owners and such other businesses allied to the buildingindustry, or those furnishing materialsy to the building industry,whether it `happens to be brick, slate, roofing materials, wallmaterials, may find it to their advantage to give away the brick matcomprising my invention, and which may be utilized 'most advantageouslyvby people in the building business.

While I have shown schematic or preferred forms of my invention, I feelthat it is susceptible of many alterations and improvements, thereforethus provides an ideal arrangement for demonstrating at close range whata prospect would.

I reserve the right to all such alterations, modi cations orimprovements coming within the scope and spirit of my invention andthepurview of the foregoing description, my invention to be limited onlyby the subjoined claims.

Having thus described and revealed my invention what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is'.

1. An article of the character described comprising, a transparent sheetmember having a section showing a formation of a series of architecturalbuilding units, the said formation indicated on the said section bydesignation in the same color simulating the color of composition binderused to maintain the said architectural units in assembly.

y 2. In combination, an architectural buil-ding unit, and a transparentsheet member having a section showing a formation of a series ofarchitectural building units, when the said transparent member issuperimposed on the said architectural building unit, the said formationindicated on the said section by designation in the same colorsimulating the color of a binder composition used to maintain the saidarchitectural building units in assembly 3. An article of the characterdescribed comprising, a transparent sheet member having a sectionshowing a formation of a series of architectural building units, thesaid formation obtained by airixing to the said section bindingcomposition used to maintain in formation the said architecturalbuilding units in a building structure made up of the said architecturalbuilding units.

4. In combination, a rectangular architectural building unit, and atransparent member having a section showing a formation of a series ofsuch architectural building units, the said formation obtained byaflixing to the said section a binding composition used to maintain thesaid architectural building units in formation in a building structuremade up of the said architectural building units, the said transparentmember when superimposed on the said rectangular architectural buildingunit producing a miniature effect of a portion of a building structuremade up of the said architectural building units and the said bindingcomposition. l

5. An article of the character described comprising, a transparent sheetmember dimensioned to correspond to a surface of an architecturalbuilding unit of the type assembled in a building structure by virtue ofa binder composition, the said sheet member having lines representingbinder composition similar in design to the lines of binder compositionbetween a number of architectural building units forming a visibledesign when assembled in a building structure.

6. An article of the character described comprising, a transparent sheetmember dimensioned to correspond to a surface of an architecturalbuilding unit of the type assembled in a building structure by virtue ofa binder composition, the said sheet member having lines representingbinder composition similar in design to the lines of binder compositionbetween a number of architectural building units forming a visibledesign when assembled-in a building structure, the superimposition ofthe said sheet member upon one of said architectural building unitsproducing a miniature display resembling an assembly of saidarchitectural building units and said binder in a. building structure.

' WILLIAM D, COLLINS".

